Syntrichia is a large, cosmopolitan genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. The genus name is of Greek origin for "plus" and "hair", referring to the "twisted peristome united by a basal membrane".[2]
As of 2020, the World Flora Online accepts 114 species in the genus Syntrichia:[3]
Syntrichia caninervis, the dominant moss in the blackbrush community of the Mojave Desert Syntrichia is a large, cosmopolitan genus of mosses in the family Pottiaceae. The genus name is of Greek origin for "plus" and "hair", referring to the "twisted peristome united by a basal membrane".
As of 2020, the World Flora Online accepts 114 species in the genus Syntrichia:
Syntrichia abranchesii (Luisier) Ochyra Syntrichia aciphylla (Bruch & Schimp.) Jur. Syntrichia aculeata (Wilson) R.H. Zander Syntrichia agraria (Hedw.) F. Weber & D. Mohr Syntrichia alpestris (Dixon) R.H. Zander Syntrichia alpina Brid. Syntrichia ammonsiana (H.A. Crum & L.E. Anderson) Ochyra Syntrichia amphidiacea (Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia anderssonii (Ångström) R.H. Zander Syntrichia andicola (Mont.) Ochyra Syntrichia angustifolia (Herzog) Cano Syntrichia antarctica (Hampe) R.H. Zander Syntrichia astoma (Schiffner) Podp. Syntrichia austro-africana (W.A. Kramer) R.H. Zander Syntrichia baileyi (Broth.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia bartramii (Steere) R.H. Zander Syntrichia berthoana (Thér.) M. T. Gallego & M.J. Cano Syntrichia bidentata (X.L. Bai) Ochyra Syntrichia bipedicellata (E. Britton) R.H. Zander Syntrichia bogotensis (Hampe) Mitt. ex R.H. Zander Syntrichia boliviana M. T. Gallego & M.J. Cano Syntrichia brachyclada (Cardot) R.H. Zander Syntrichia brandisii (Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia breviseta (Mont.) Cano & M. T. Gallego Syntrichia brevisetacea (Hampe ex F. Muell.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia buchtienii (Herzog) Cano & M. T. Gallego Syntrichia cainii (H.A. Crum & L.E. Anderson) R.H. Zander Syntrichia calcicola J.J. Amann Syntrichia campestris (Dusén) R.H. Zander Syntrichia canescens (Mont.) Delogne Syntrichia caninervis Mitt. Syntrichia cavallii (G. Negri) Ochyra Syntrichia ciliata (Broth.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia conferta (E.B. Bartram) R.H. Zander Syntrichia costesii (Thér.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia crenulata (Warnst.) J.J. Amann Syntrichia cuneifolia (Dicks.) Delogne Syntrichia densa (Velen.) J.-P. Frahm Syntrichia desertorum (Broth.) J.J. Amann Syntrichia didymodontoides (Broth.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia epilosa (Broth. ex Dusén) R.H. Zander Syntrichia ericetorum (Dicks. ex With.) Brid. Syntrichia filaris (Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia flagellaris (Schimp.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia fontana (Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia fragilis (Taylor) Ochyra Syntrichia fuscoviridis (Cardot) R.H. Zander Syntrichia geheebiaeopsis (Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia gemmascens (P.C. Chen) R.H. Zander Syntrichia glabra J.-P. Frahm & M. T. Gallego Syntrichia glacialis (Kunze ex Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia gromschii (Thér.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia handelii (Schiffner) S. Agnew & Vondr. Syntrichia jaffuelii (Thér.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia lacerifolia (R.S. Williams) R.H. Zander Syntrichia laevipila Brid. Syntrichia latifolia (Bruch ex Hartm.) Huebener Syntrichia leucostega (Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia leucostoma (R. Br.) Spreng. Syntrichia limensis (R.S. Williams) R.H. Zander Syntrichia linguifolia (Herzog) R.H. Zander Syntrichia lithophila (Dusén) Ochyra & R.H. Zander Syntrichia longimucronata (X.J. Li) R.H. Zander Syntrichia magellanica (Mont.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia magilliana L.E. Anderson Syntrichia minor (Bizot) M. T. Gallego, J. Guerra, M.J. Cano, Ros Syntrichia mollis (Bruch & Schimp. ex Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia montana Nees Syntrichia muricata M. T. Gallego & Cano Syntrichia napoana (De Not.) Cano & M. T. Gallego Syntrichia norvegica F. Weber Syntrichia obtusissima (Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia pagorum (Milde) J.J. Amann Syntrichia papillosa (Wilson) Jur. Syntrichia papillosissima (Copp.) Loeske Syntrichia percarnosa (Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia phaea (Hook. f. & Wilson) R.H. Zander Syntrichia pichinchensis (Taylor) R.H. Zander Syntrichia polylepidis (Herzog) Cano & M. T. Gallego Syntrichia princeps (De Not.) Mitt. Syntrichia prostrata (Mont.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia pseudohandelii (J. Froehl.) S. Agnew & Vondr. Syntrichia pseudolatifolia (Cardot) M.J. Cano & M. T. Gallego Syntrichia pseudorobusta (Dusén) R.H. Zander Syntrichia pygmaea (Dusén) R.H. Zander Syntrichia ramosissima (Thér.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia reflexa R.H. Zander Syntrichia rigescens (Broth. & Geh.) Ochyra Syntrichia robusta (Hook. & Grev.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia rubella (Hook. & Wilson) R.H. Zander Syntrichia rubra (Mitt.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia rufa (Schimp. ex Besch.) O'Shea Syntrichia rupicola B.H. Allen Syntrichia ruralis (Hedw.) F. Weber & D. Mohr Syntrichia sarconeurum (Hook. f. & Wilson) Ochyra & R.H. Zander Syntrichia saxicola (Cardot) R.H. Zander Syntrichia scabrella (Dusén) R.H. Zander Syntrichia scabrinervis (Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia schmidii (Müll. Hal.) Mitt. Syntrichia schnyderi (Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia serrata (Dixon) R.H. Zander Syntrichia serripungens (Lorentz & Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia serrulata (Hook. & Grev.) Cano Syntrichia sinensis (Müll. Hal.) Ochyra Syntrichia socialis (Dusén) R.H. Zander Syntrichia spuria J.J. Amann Syntrichia subaristata (Bruch & Schimp. ex Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia submontana (Broth.) Ochyra Syntrichia subpapillosa (Cardot & Broth.) Matteri Syntrichia subpapillosissima (R.B. Pierrot ex W.A. Kramer) M. T. Gallego & Syntrichia sucrosa K. M. Kellman Syntrichia virescens (De Not.) Ochyra Syntrichia viridula (Müll. Hal.) R.H. Zander Syntrichia xerophila (Herzog) S.P. Churchill
